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Request samples

Biomaterial and clinical data from the Radboud Biobank are
available to serious researchers with a relevant hypothesis and a
good research plan. The research should directly or indirectly
contribute to medical
innovation.
A university medical centre can only excel in research that opens
up new horizons by cooperating with national and international
research institutes and businesses. The opportunities to turn
biomaterial from biobanks into cash, or for patents, licences or
spin-off businesses are extremely limited but cooperation with the
pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries is necessary for the
realization of medical innovation. Each request for use of Radboud
Biobank samples is tested by an independent scientific rewiew
board. Only requests from researchers employed by the Radboud UMC
are accepted, but cooperation with other researchers, including
those working in the health industry, is warmly welcomed.
To ensure that independent decision making takes place and that
commercial interests play no direct role in the governing of the
Radboud Biobank, there is no representation of the health industry
in the Advisory Board.